After a ton of rumours surrounding Kalidou Koulibaly, Matthijs de Ligt and other defenders, Manchester United have finally secured the signature of former Leicester City center-back Harry Maguire.
Upon confirmation, United fans have cheerfully welcomed the star at Old Trafford but not without a piece of advice. In the last season, the Red Devils conceded about 50 goals in the Premier League and the worst season defensively since 1978-79 when they shipped 63 goals.
And the whole blame was laid on Ashley Young, Chris Smalling, and Phil Jones. With the signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka and now Harry Maguire, Solskjaer’s back is deemed to have got a bit of a solution.
The upbeat fans have, therefore, urged the former Leicester City defender to keep off from the influence of some of United players to succeed at Old Trafford.
Just stay away from jones & smalling
— JAMAL 🇪🇸 (@Jamalo_utd) August 5, 2019
Top man – delighted to have you on board, please sort out that dressing room. Bunch of wanna be gangsters embarrassing themselves and the club
— Churchill (@BobKeyez) August 5, 2019
Welcome to the greatest club in the world. Stay away from Lingard😆
— Boazchirchir (@Boazchirchir2) August 5, 2019
keep Smalling and Jones out of the team and I’ll be happy
— 🇫🇷 (fan) (@PP6UNITED) August 5, 2019
i’m sure he’ll listen to u pic.twitter.com/69VoXjEPhG
— nikhil (@NG_________) August 5, 2019
Kindly headbutt Ed Woodward Harry 🔥
— Caesar (@LUHGfc10) August 5, 2019
The Red Devils, on Monday, confirmed they had secured the England international on a six-year contract, and while financial details of the deal were not disclosed, British media reported the transfer fee was around £80 million (S$134.3 million), making him the world’s most expensive defender.
The 26-year-old Maguire becomes United’s second-most expensive recruit after France midfielder Paul Pogba, who was signed for a then world-record £89 million from Juventus in 2016.